Hutzpah Chicken:I'm really glad I never saw these things. The only one that I remember that wasn't that good was the Sonic one that was on the Disney Channel I believe. Also, who the hell is Bubsy?

Bubsy like a lot of games during the 16 bit console era(SNES/Genesis) had companies try to create mascots to captivate young consumers as mascots during those times have proven to be very reliable towards building a franchise. Since kids like animals it was only logical that after seeing Sonic that other companies try to emulate that success and so Bubsy was created for the SNES by Accolade.

Suffice to say bubsy and a lot of other next gen mascots really didn't do well at all either by how bad their games were or simply having a character that just didn't catch on in an industry that already had well established mascots that already caught on to the hearts and minds of a generation(Mario and Sonic).

So he's about as bad as Awesome Possum. Probably good thing I never spent money on a game like that.

OMG I've been trying to remember what this thing was called for YEARS. NO ONE I know has any idea when I tell them about it. I tell them it was like Captain N, but with Kwirk, Narc, and a monster truck.

nondescript:I remember this one! With Bigfoot and the basketball guy (from Double Dribble?) and the Conan wannabe! Fighting Kingpin!

... I have fond memories of that one. *sigh* Why the heck did Bigfoot have lasers though?

Because the bigfoot from the NES game was fucking awesome! Bigfoot had razor blades. But before Mario party put blisters on every kids palm. Bigfoot was there first putting blisters on every kids THUMBS. Those uphill climbs was a test of endurance.

I was actually alive when these were on (and watched some of them - yes, they really were even worse than these clips can possibly convey) but I'm still not sure why we care about this right now Bob. Care to clue us in? 30 years back is a long reach for a topic. Tell me something's brewing that's relevant to something this century, please.

Mojo:This may be due to the fact that I was like between 6 or so during the time, but I remember liking the sonic cartoon. Even though I never liked the games that much. Not gonna try and watch this now... I know it will suck in retrospect, nostalgia be damned.

WHICH Sonic cartoon? I think there were two of them... one bad one, one good one. Least that's what I heard.

Oh, never knew there were two (or more). I only ever saw one. A after a quick Google search I'm pretty sure it was Sonic Underground.

EDIT:

Yes, that's the one!

I watched the hell out of that as a kid! The theme tune is still awesome.

Scarim Coral:Wait? Pole Postion was based on a video game? (I don't remember that show but my bro did).

IIRC, DIC really wanted to do a show with crime-fighting robot cars called Pole Position, and had to get the liscence from Namco to use the title.

Also, woah woah woah! Even if that US Felicia is like a censoured version to the original Felicia we know, was that kid gay or a anti furry (or just not into cat girls)? (I did knew about that cartoon but I never bother to look it up to see how bad it was.)

Nah, he's just a character in a kids' cartoon. The censors would never have let them show a real 11-year-old boy's reaction to having a hot catgirl living in his room.

The funny thing about Bob comparing Harry Grimoire to Potter is that the Darkstalkers' cartoon actually pre-dates Rowling's books by two years.

"Now, i gotta go to school. My mom gets mad if she finds a strange cat-woman in my room, so could you just go..."What the duck is wrong with this kid? Seriously, i threw myself half from my chair midway through this line. Just the imagination: Some strange cat-woman in my room, telling me about a plot how vampires want to "rule the world or something". Maybe i would've been somewhat frightened, mabye super-pumped, but seriously, which dearranged mind comes up with this kind of reply, hillarious. Could anybode smack whomever participated in making this... stuff?! "gotta go to school?! psh, who cares about school in this situation?!

But honestly, i watched a lot of weird stuff as a kid and one weekly episode of "Power Rangers" was only the top of the junk-pile (yes, i was an early 90s kid), but i just can't remember the shows mentioned, probably never aired in my region, probably suppressed by my subcontious, either way it looks like i wouldn't ever have to feel bad about that.

Toying with viewing the "Gargoyles" cartoon again for some time now, i think they deserve the chance.

Watching that Pole Position intro for the first time I thought it looked pretty cool for what it is. I especially liked that "pulling down the visor with the car's reflection" bit, and I would even more so if it continued that shot through the obligatory merge-perspective shot back on those cars rather than just cutting back. But oh well.

I was actually reminded of that recent Space Stallions project with the theme itself. But then the lyrics became "in the danger zooooone" and I bursted out laughing.

TOO... MUCH... EIGHTIES...! Thankfully I had to miss out on that kind of childhood. But I do get to play both of the games on Namco Museum. :D

P.S. "Pole position" is, in fact, a racing term. Someone had to make Forza before Forza, and everyone here should've been exposed to the commercial at some point.